OSWAAL
CBSE Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
Question Bank
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
English
Class
8
For Term I and 2
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CONTENTS
Solved Paper (KVS), 2014 for Term 1 & Term 2
9 - 16
Section A : Reading
1. Unseen Passages
1 - 11
Section B : Writing & Grammar
2. Short & Long Writing Tasks
12 - 46
3. Grammar
(i)
Gap Filling
47 - 51
(ii)
Sentence Re-ordering
51 - 52
(iii) Editing
52 - 54
(iv) Ommission
54 - 56
(v)
56 - 58
Active-Passive
(vi) Reported Speech
58 - 59
Section C : Literature
HONEYDEW (PROSE)
1. The Best Christmas Present in the World
60 - 62
2. The Tsunami
62 - 64
3. Glimpses of the Past
64 - 65
4. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
66 - 68
5. The Summit Within
68 - 70
6. This is Jody’s Fawn
70 - 72
7. A Visit to Cambridge
72 - 74
8. A Short Monsoon Diary
74 - 76
9. The Great Stone Face - I
76 - 78
10. The Great Stone Face - II
78 - 79
POETRY
1. The Ant and the Cricket
80 - 81
2. Geography Lesson
81 - 82
3. Macavity : The Mystery Cat
83 - 84
4. The Last Bargain
84 - 85
5. The School Boy
86 - 86
6. The Duck and the Kangaroo
87 - 88
7. When I set out for Lyonnesse
88 - 89
8. On the Grasshopper and Cricket
89 - 90
IT SO HAPPNENED
1. How the Camel got His Hump
91 - 92
2. Children at Work
92 - 93
3. The Selfish Giant
93 - 94
4. The Treasure Within
95 - 96
5. Princess September
96 - 97
6. The Fight
98 - 99
7. The Open Window
99 - 100
8. Jalebis
100 - 101
9. The Comet - I
102 - 103
10. The Comet - II
103 - 104
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SUMMA
TIVE ASSESSMENT
-II : 2013-14
SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT-II
SUBJECT - ENGLISH
CLASS - VIII
Time : 2:30]
[M.M. 60
General instructions :
(1) Attempt all questions.
(2) Attempt all questions in one section before moving on to the other.
SECTION–A : READING
(15 MARKS)
Q. 1. Read the given passage carefully and choose the best alternative :
(5 Marks)
Judo has originated from Japanese word Jujitsu. This is a martial art resembling wrestling in which the
enemy is defeated without using any weapon. In this art the opponent is overpowered by bodily movements,
balance and power of arms.
This sport started around 700A.D. It was introduced in the 1964 Olympics held at Tokyo. In this sport
those techniques are used by which opponent’s force is used to one’s own advantage. In fact it is an art for selfprotection. As per rules one can attack an opponent. In Olympic games only six players from a country can
participate. There are five categories of this sport based on the respective weight groups.
(a)
Judo originated from a ............. word.
(i) Indian
(ii) Russian
(iii) Japanese
(iv) Chinese
(b)
Judo was introduced in the Olympics in ...............
(i) 1966
(ii) 1964
(iii) 1950
(iv) 1969
(c)
It is an art for ..............
(i) defeating enemy
(ii) self protection
(iii) body building
(iv) entertainment
(d)
1964 Olympics were held in :
(i) Moscow
(ii) Tokyo
(iii) New
(iv) London.
(e)
Find the word opposite in meaning of-defend :
(i) weapon
(ii) movement
(iii) attack
(iv) sport
Q. 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct alternatives :
(5 Marks)
The only beautiful part of the camel is its eyes which are double-lashed and screens out the blowing
sand. The lips of the camel are rubbery. So they can nibble at thorns sharp enough to puncture shoe leather or
even a tyre. The camel will not eat at night however hungry it may be. The camel will gulp down about 25
gallons of water in ten minutes. The camel’s span of life is 40 years. The mother gives about four litres of milk
every day which is richer than the cow’s milk. This continues for at least three years. With a load of 225
kilograms the camel can walk over 40 kilometers each for three days at a stretch. Unloaded camel can run for
18 hours at 16 kilometres an hour.
(a)
A camel has ..................... eyes.
(i) double-lashed
(ii) single lashes
(iii) triple lashes
(iv) ash-less
(b)
The camel’s span of life is..................... years
(i) 100
(ii) 60
(iii) 40
(iv) 90
(c)
The camel’s milk is richer than .....................
(i) cow’s milk
(ii) goat’s milk
(iii) buffalo’s milk
(iv) sheep’s milk
(d)
..................... camel can run for 18 hours at 16 kilometres an hour.
(i) loaded
(ii) unloaded
(iii) healthy
(iv) sick
(e)
The mother continues giving milk for at least :
(i) 5 years
(ii) 3 years
(iii) 1 year
(iv) 2 years
Q. 3. Read the the given passage carefully :
(5 Marks)
MIGHTY EMPEROR–NAPOLEON
Napoleon Bonaparte was a mighty emperor of France. He was a very bold General. He used to say, “The
word ‘Impossible’, is to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” When his Army reported that the Alps stood
in their way, he asked his subordinate Military Commandant to order the Alps to get away from their way;
otherwise they would trample over their head. But he made a blunder in his life. He ordered his army to march
into Russia when it was the coldest weather there. The Russian people burnt their corn and carried off their
cattle. They even set fire to the city of Moscow. Thus, the Russian left nothing which the French soldiers could
eat. They could not get any refuge in the chilly weather. Consequently, five hundred thousand French soldiers
were half-starved. Though they fell ill, Napoleon stayed there throughout the autumn. Thus Napoleon’s
blunder caused deaths to thousands of his soldiers and a disgraceful defeat at the hands of the Russians.